Tag: Rhode Island Small Business Coalition
Will noise cameras in Providence be worth it?
Providence’s noise-camera pilot program is moving toward implementation in 2026, but questions about value, effectiveness and equity continue to stir debate.
The $180,000 initiative aims...
Lead by example on AI
Christopher Parisi
Trailblaze Inc. founder and president; Rhode Island Small Business Coalition, co-founder and chair; Rhode Island Artificial Intelligence Task Force, vice chair
We’re not...
Roberts named SBA’s R.I. Small Business Person of the Year
KAITLYN ROBERTS, CEO of Providence-based caterer Easy Entertaining Inc., has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration Rhode Island District’s 2025 Small Business Person...
SabaterLAB Foundation’s Sabater combines education with community empowerment
Business Women Awards 2025
INDUSTRY LEADER EDUCATION:
Ivelisse Sabater, SabaterLAB Foundation executive director
IVELISSE SABATER is a natural educator. Even as a child and teenager,...
R.I. hopes to again score big with ‘March Madness’ in town
PROVIDENCE – True basketball madness is coming to Rhode Island’s capital city for the first time in close to a decade.
With that, local hospitality...
Music, dancing: Restaurant owners say they need a change in Providence
Providence City Council President Rachel M. Miller has put on hold a proposal to loosen music and dancing restrictions at restaurants citywide after some...
Everybody’s Business: Hidalgo’s brewery unwittingly tapped into historical connections
(Editor’s note: This is the 47th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Real Jobs RI eyed for changes under McKee’s ‘Rhode to Prosperity’...
Real Jobs Rhode Island has been a popular workforce development program since it was launched in 2015 under former Gov. Gina M. Raimondo. Now...
R.I. business groups worry about effects of extending paid family...
While there is widespread support for bills in the General Assembly that would double the amount of paid family leave offered in Rhode Island...
Bridge closure impact on small businesses: ‘We’re in trouble’
PROVIDENCE – "Depression" and "exasperation" are two words Rick Simone used to describe how affected small businesses are reacting to the closure of the...
- Featured Event -
